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plain-clothes

plain-clothes is the alternative form of plainclothes.

Meaning of plainclothes

Adjective

plainclothes (not comparable)

  1. Of a police officer, wearing ordinary civilian clothes instead of a uniform, in order to avoid detection.

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Questions about plain-clothes

What is plain-clothes the alternative form of?
Plain-clothes is the alternative form of plainclothes.

Words near plain-clothes in the dictionary

  1. plain wrapper
  2. plain wrappers
  3. plain-breasted hawk
  4. plain-breasted hawks
  5. plain-clothed
  6. plain-clothes
  7. plain-dealing
  8. plain-dealings
  9. plain-hearted
  10. plain-laid
  11. plain-looking

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